Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield, and I'm the Give Fit Guy.

Last week, you learned the first six unconventional ways to burn fat without exercising.

And in today's episode, we're going to jump right into the final six.

Let's start with number seven. Cooking.

And yes, I admit it, cooking seems like a pretty darn counterintuitive way to lose weight.

But compared to the alternative of getting your dinner at a fast food drive-thru window,

picking up a pizza, or buying a pre-made meal at the grocery store, doing your own meal prep

burns far more calories. Cooking involves the physically active process of pushing a cart through the grocery store, standing your own meal prep burns far more calories. Cooking involves the physically

active process of pushing a cart through the grocery store, standing in the kitchen, chopping

and slicing ingredients, and lifting pans and pots. If you've got a big enough backyard, you may also

have the advantage of burning even more calories by gardening and harvesting some of your own

fresh ingredients. Even though you may need to be careful not to go overboard with

taste testing while you cook, when it comes to weight loss, there are definitely more pros than cons

to preparing your own meals. Number eight is posture. And sure, your mom might have always told you

to sit up straight, but she was probably more concerned about your reputation or your low back

than your waistline.

However, when you focus on a tall, proud walking and standing and sitting posture,

combined with a tight core, you activate many of your small abdominal and low back muscles

and give yourself a metabolic boosting advantage,

not to mention that good posture makes you look slimmer,

even without any weight loss. So what are some cues that you can use to burn more fat with better

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